Most True Value stores carry "Tree Kote", a heavy black wax product that is relatively easy to use. A Saran-type plastic wrapping might serve; I've never tried it. Time, though, is of the essence; do it yesterday!
//Jim
www.cumminsnursery.com
Gordon Nofs wrote:
I see no reason where this will connect and feed the cambium in any way. I
would not even take a chance at it.
Gordon
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From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
Reply-To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [nafex] Girdled Apple Trees
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:10:44 -0500 (EST)Hi,
Do they say what purpose this serves? Would the wax from a toilet seal
work just as well (a lot cheaper).Thanks,
Tom--
Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6aOn Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Doreen Howard wrote:
> I found this in the current issue of The Avant Gardener--it may help the
> person with the rabbit-girdled apple trees.
>
> "When a tree trunk or branch has been girdled by an animal chewing
through
> the bark, heat some beeswax and paint it over the wound, extending the
> covering slightly beyond the injury."
>
> The newsletter recommends a beeswax-lanolin product--NuBark Pruning
Sealer.
> It can be purchased from IntAgra, 6500 Pillsbury Ave. South, Minneapolis,
MN
> 55420
>
> Doreen Howard,
> Wisconsin Zone 4b, where the snow has FINALLY melted and
> the rhubarb is peeking out of the ground.
>
>
>
>
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